Taliban to release tape of captured U.S. soldier

  A terrorism monitoring group says the Taliban have announced they will release a new video of a U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan.

  Pakistan leader pressed to resign after ruling

Fed leaves key interest rate unchanged

  The Federal Reserve has decided to hold interest rates at a record low and pledged to keep them there for an "extended period" to keep the recovery going and drive down double-digit unemployment.

  Stocks tick upward after good inflation report

Mariners acquire Lee to start trade flurry

  The Seattle Mariners have acquired 2008 Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee from Philadelphia, the first part of what's expected to be a four-team trade sending Roy Halladay to the Phillies.

Opinion: Tiger will never recover from scandal

Swift, Boyle among People’s ‘most intriguing’

Tiger Woods, Kanye West, Chris Brown on magazine’s fallen males list.

Witherspoon and Gyllenhaal reportedly split

Looks buy happiness, but only in the city

When it comes to country girls, looks don’t count so much in terms of overall life satisfaction and happiness, according to a new study in the journal Personal Relationships.

  Two-legged dog gives hope to disabled vets

Cosmic Log: Alien ‘water world’ found

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Astronomers say they have detected a planet just six and a half times as massive as Earth — at a distance so close its atmosphere could be studied, and with a density so low it's almost certain to have water.

10 best PlayStation 3 games of 2009

AAA says holiday travel to rise this year

Americans will travel 3.8 percent more during the year-end holiday period than they did last year, as improved consumer sentiment bolsters more trip planning, AAA said.

Travelers scramble to save holiday travel plans